Comments on: West Seattle Crime Watch: Charges filed in Alki gunfire

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:54:22 +0000

sissy. No wonder he needed a gun.

By: Snow Wimp

Snow Wimp — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:07:52 +0000

Cowpie:

Brilliant comment. The cops say the exact opposite. Shoot to kill. The punks? Who the heck knows what dem morons thinkin’.

Wut i say is yous got ta goes back to scool, dude.

By: Cowpie

Cowpie — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:30:54 +0000

Dylan has a valid point. I remember taking military history at the UofW. I remember the teacher, who was a vet, said the ultimate goal was to shoot at the enemy and wound them, not kill them. It would mean their allies would need to stop shooting at you to take care of their wounded.
So what I’m saying is, just because you’re shooting at someone doesn’t mean you’re always trying to kill them.

By: waterworld

waterworld — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:28:47 +0000

Regarding the pending charge of second-degree assault: the King County Prosecutor’s office has detailed filing standards that guide the decision on how to charge a case. Prosecutors initially charge “conservatively,” sometimes to encourage an early plea, other times to allow for increasing the charge when additional evidence has been obtained. The prosecutor’s office prefers to start lower and increase the severity of the charge as evidence is developed during the investigation, rather than to start at the highest charge suggested by the early evidence and reduce the severity of the charges if the evidence ends up not supporting the original charge.
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What strikes me as odd about charging second degree assault here is that the typical practice when someone intentionally fires a gun at another person is to charge assault in the first degree initially. If evidence develops showing that the defendant was in fact attempting to kill the person he was shooting at, then the charge would be increased to attempted murder. I don’t know why this case has been initially charged as assault in the second degree. It suggests that there is some uncertainty — about what, I have no idea and I wouldn’t want to speculate. Regardless, nothing (other than an immediate plea of guilty, which often is not possible) prevents the prosecutor from increasing the charge after more evidence is gathered.

By: WMF

WMF — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:17:31 +0000

The Bamboo is West Seattle Papa’s Pub. Just sayin…

By: Bouncer

Bouncer — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:26:18 +0000

I don’t know this guy at all, but I suspect this kid wasn’t trying to be a punk or anything, I beleive he just snapped, with some possible external help (drugs or booze).
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Obviously, this guy doesn’t make it a habit of acting crazy in the street, waving his gun around, and eventually shooting at people. If he did, he’d be in jail by now and we’d have heard about it.
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More likely, he’s a guy who was a little on edge, who definitely made some bad choices (having a gun to protect yourself is one thing, but possessing brass knuckles is more difficult to explain away), who just snapped.
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It happens. Look at Staff Sergeant Bales or Jet Blue Pilot Osbon. And much like those two, it seems clear that this guy’s instability precludes him from being trusted with any significant responsibility (possessing a gun, flying a plane, etc)

By: schwaggy

schwaggy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:53:06 +0000

I’m kinda thinking (hoping) Dylan is being sarcastic.

By: Alki Resident

Alki Resident — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:04:02 +0000

Dylan-Do you think he was just out testing his gum to see what happens when you shoot somebody?It sounds to me people are lucky to be alive that night with all his gun pointing he did.

By: phil dirt

phil dirt — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:37:34 +0000

Dylan —— You must be nuts!

By: What The

What The — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:03:23 +0000

Dylan…really? Maybe in some cultures it’s customary to shoot at each other out of love. Then punch them in the face… Hope this lil punk and his “factory” car get pounded/impounded.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:29:08 +0000

resident… it looks bone stock, that’s how the STi looks from the factory.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:29:59 +0000

just because you shoot at somebody doesn’t mean you’re trying to kill them. so why would it be attempted murder? brass knuckles? who cares?

By: resident

resident — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:10:38 +0000

Little, little, little man’s syndrome. What a complete tool. Supped up car, big gun, brass knuckles… What a little, little man you are. Oh… And he ran away.

By: Here

Here — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:03:02 +0000

Seriously, brass knuckles?

By: kong

kong — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:58:16 +0000

I don’t go to Bamboo anymore either. It’s full of thugs.